James Quiggle, spokesman for the coalition, said that this is the second year for the dubious distinction of election to the hall. He said the requirements are that the cases have been completed in 2003 and are "exceptionally large" in terms of dollars, violence, stupidity, brazenness, or display a special tragedy.

"We are trying to put a human face on fraud outside of the numbers that people hear about," said Mr. Quiggle when asked why the coalition is doing this. "It is one thing to talk about fraud as a crime that costs $80 billion a year; it is another to actually see how the worst of crooks operate and to see the damage that they do. This is a way to humanize fraud so that people can understand it and bring it much closer to home and inspire moral outrage that sheer statistics cannot do."

Among some of the least dignified schemers in the property-casualty world listed by the coalition:

? The Rev. Roland Gray, in Chicago, staged nearly 200 car crashes and faked slip-and-fall injuries in stores and motels amounting to more than $450,000 in bogus claims. He is now spending four-and-a-half years in jail for crimes he said he was directed by the Lord to commit.

? In Galena, Ill., John Veysey torched several homes and killed one wife in one of the fires. A second wife and their infant barely escaped another house fire. A third wife was marked for murder as well. He collected $900,000 in homeowners and life insurance claims over a 10-year period. Convicted in 2001, he faces 110 years in federal prison after running out of appeals this year.

? Marc Rossi, an insurance adjuster in Hamilton, N.J., torched six buildings to steer insurance claims to his business. He bribed a fireman to let one building burn longer in order to get a larger adjusting commission. The six fires amounted to more than $570,000 in claims. He plead guilty to charges this year and can serve up to 10 years in prison. He is paying back the money he collected from six insurers.

The list also includes murderers trying to collect on life insurance plans and health insurance fraud schemers.

More Hall of Fame details can be viewed at the www.InsuranceFraud.org. Web site.